The popular Goddess Girls series is being adapted as graphic novels! The first two released today, just like the first two books released on the same day way back when.
It's been a long time since I read the book versions but I think these stuck pretty close. Where they veer off wildly is in the art.
I'm too lazy to take pics of the pages so I'll just be describing.
The main girls mostly look okay. Athena and Aphrodite change clothes a lot, while Persephone and Artemis tend to be forgotten that way. I do not like Aphrodite's hair though. Would the goddessgirl of beauty really wear a ponytail every day? No. Persephone's is cute short though.
Athena's childhood friend Pallas got an edgy makeover. Love it, though she looks a bit like a short-haired Eris.
Zeus looks like a cross between his typical GG look and Zeus from Disney's Hercules. He's good. Hermes is very cartoony and a bit goofy-looking. They nailed Ms. Hydra and the teachers.
Medusa and her sisters are a miss. They're all green-skinned with reddish-blonde hair and look like triplets. They each have a different eye color but that's it. Transformed Medusa looks great though.
Pandora got turned into a redhead and she wears the most bland outfit. I miss her blonde and blue curls.
Poseidon is a fish boy that squishes when he walks. It's hard to imagine all the girls crushing on him like this.
Pheme has spiky orange hair that looks like flames and she almost always looks sassy. She definitely got the best comic treatment.
Hades is pretty cute but I vastly prefer his book design. I like the dark curls more than the short hair here.
Demeter is very pretty and has a little crush on Zeus, which is funny because he's actually Persephone's father. Not that any of that is ever mentioned in GG.
Ares has my most hated design yet. He's this big, stocky, ugly kid with a mohawk. How is that gonna work when Aphrodite ends up liking him? Ares in the books makes sense. He's big and muscular but still cute. This guy just looks like a bully.
There's a random adult character called Varanus, who looks vaguely like a red-haired Hermes, that acts as a school herald.
I can't remember which book he was in, but Dionysus has little horns.
Pheme once again steals the show in her dance outfit near the end.
Overall, the books are way better, but these were cute and they're a fun addition to the series.
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